The element of choice, of chance.What if a child dreamed of becoming something other than what society had intended for him or her? What if a child aspired to something greater? You were the embodiment of that belief, Kal.Meela Nais reminded Balthus that she should have taken care of the task, but he responded that he didn""t want her "past history to cloud the issue.She was named by her mother before she was killed.Fellow prisoner Bane was her "protector" who saved her from also being killed, and freed her o escape.Rick saved her and fired his pistols at other Medjai who had infiltrated onto the barge, claiming that he had the map memorized in his head.) The Magician (called "Oppressor" by the Dufflepuds) claimed he had made the Dufflepuds invisible for their own protection from the evil green mist.